Paralegal - Wills, Trusts & Probate

Role Description

This is a great opportunity for a Paralegal to join a fast paced and friendly team based in Reading. The ideal candidate for this role will already have some Paralegal experience within a similar environment.

You will be enthusiastic and will have a good degree of resilience and composure to provide a high- quality and professional service to our fee earners of the Wills, Trust & Probate Team and our clients.

You will be part of a small, friendly team and valued for your individual contribution with support to develop your skills and experience by offering training to the right person.

Experience/ Attributes required

• Ability to work unsupervised within scope of instructions/protocols from senior fee earners
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently
• Excellent IT skills plus good knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Excel spreadsheets)

Work type

• Deal with telephone enquiries from new and existing clients
• Make calls out to clients and third parties on behalf of and at the direction of senior fee earners
• The administration of estates
• Draft Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney under the supervision of senior fee earners
• Maintain business relationships with clients
• Produce accurate documentation, reports and correspondence following standard office practices and precedents, to timescales required to meet clients service levels with the agreement of the fee earner
• Ensure that files are maintained in a good order and that clients are kept informed at frequent intervals (as required by supervising partner) of progress on matters, including being supplied with periodic case updated
• Assist with research
• Opening of New Files
• Assisting with the billing process including raising billing guides for fee earners and forwarding invoices to clients
• Dealing with BACs forms for fee earners
• Ensure work is maintained at a high level of quality throughout so as to promote the reputation of the firm

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution
• Life Assurance – 5 x final salary
• Medicash and discounted retail benefits
• An additional day’s holiday for your birthday
• A weekly wellbeing hour
• 8 hours per annum for charity work
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle scheme
• Bring your dog to work
• Social committee events

Team structure

• 2 x Partners
• 1 x Senior Associate Solicitor
• 2 x Associate Solicitors
• 2 x Paralegals